Corset.



V D. S. BERGER.

CORSET.

urmoumn FILED FEB. 7, 1910.

Patented Jan.3,1911

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DARWIN SPENCER BERGER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO BERGER3308., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 1911.

Application filed February 7, 1910. Serial No. 542,586.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, DARWIN SPENCER -BERGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at- New Haven, Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Corsets; and I do herebydeclare the following, when taken in connection with the.

accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, tobee full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

' Figure 1. a view showing a pad adjusted on a person with the corset dsengaged in. view of a portlon' front. Fig. 2 an enlarged of one side ofa corset showing means for adjustably attaching buckles thereto. Fig. 3a similar view illustrating modified means of adjustably attaching thestraps to the corset. Fig. 4 a front view of a buckle particularlyadapted for use with my corset.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets and particularly tocorsets adapted for use by women after surgical operations, the objectbeing to rovide a broad supporting belt inside the ront corset over thelower abdomen to relieve and cure symptoms due to relaxed andinefiicient abdominal walls. Pads or bands have been used in connectionwith corsets, but as heretofore constructed they are inclined to ride upso that instead of maintaining a proper support at the pointdesired,they have been liable to displacement and so as to have acontrary effect from the purpose for which they are designed; and theinvention conslsts in certain details of construction as will behereinafter described and particularly re-I cited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a.

corset which may be of any approved design comprising, as usual,twovmembers 2 and 3 which are preferably secured together at the front.At each side there is a'slot or opening, preferably a long slot 4,as'shown,

in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which slotis closed by lacings 5. At therear'of these slots are a series of-eyelets 6. Secured-to these eyeletsby tapes 7 are one or more, and preferably two buckles 8 the particularcharactor of the buckles being immaterial to this invention, butpreferabl the frames. of the buckles will be forme with loops 9 by whichthe buckles may be held in place by in the county of New the tapes 7,and so that they may be conveniently raised or lowered as desired.Preferably the buckles will have two loops 9 corresponding to thedistance between the eyelets 6. The pad 10' which will be shaped for theperson to wear it, and which is adapted to extend across the abdomen, is

provided on opposite sides at the upper and lower edges with straps 11which extend outward through the slots 4 and which engage with thebuckles 8 and so that the tension of the pad may be adjusted as desired.

- these hooks, but preferably the buckles will be employed as the strapsmay thereupon be adjusted with greater nicety. With a pad thus adjustedand secured to a corset, the strain of support is evenly distributedover the entire surface so as to support and protect any desired area,and. is easily and quickly adjusted to any degree of pressure andprotects the abdomen from the pressure 'of the front steels of a corsetfrom which it is, as before stated, absolutelyindependent.

I claim 1. The combination with a corset having side openings, of aone-piece abdominal pad formed at each side with two'straps adapted topass through said openings, means at the rear of said openings foradjustably attachingthe ends of the strap to the sides of the corset atdifferent elevations.

2. The combination with a corset having side openings, of bucklessecured to the corset at the rear of said-openings and adapted to beadjusted vertically, combined with a one piece non-elastic abdominal padhaving straps at opposite sides adapted to pass through sai openings andengaged -with said buckles.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscrlbing witnesses, Y

DARWIN SPENCER BERGER.

Witnesses:

Fnnonurc C. EARLE, CLARA L. WEED.

